1997 Florida Code
TITLE XLII ESTATES AND TRUSTS
Chapter 731 Probate Code: General Provisions
PART I SHORT TITLE; CONSTRUCTION (ss. 731.005-731.111)
731.110 Caveat; proceedings.
731.110 Caveat; proceedings.--
(1) If any creditor of the estate of a decedent is apprehensive that an estate, either testate or intestate, will be administered without the creditor's knowledge, or if any person other than a creditor is apprehensive that an estate may be administered, or that a will may be admitted to probate, without the person's knowledge, he or she may file a caveat with the court.
(2) No caveat shall be effective unless it contains the decedent's social security number or date of birth, if known, as an identification number, a statement of the interest of the caveator in the estate, the name and specific residence address of the caveator, and, if the caveator, other than a state agency, is a nonresident of the county, the additional name and specific residence address of some person residing in the county, or of a member of The Florida Bar residing in Florida, designated as the agent of the caveator, upon whom service may be made.
History.--s. 3, ch. 75-220; s. 2, ch. 77-87; s. 1, ch. 85-79; s. 2, ch. 92-200; s. 948, ch. 97-102.
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